Sarah!
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If any of you are so kind to answer--
I have some great level 2 roots growing out that I think I might finally be getting sick of. I previously had my hair bleached (twice on the same day) at a salon in Harajuku last summer. I'm not entirely sure what bleach they used, but I assume it works great on thick hair, being that it was in Japan. My hair turned out pretty well, my hair is not at all fine.
I do love the roots and I'm thinking about either bleaching them entirely or leaving a bit. Anyway, there's a lot of information out there and I want to know what the absolute best products and strength of bleach/toner/etc. would be for thick, resilient Mexican girl hair.
I also read about a backcombing technique on into the gloss to keep the roots? I want to make it look as natural as possible. I'm not entirely sure what they mean by painting the backcombed section or whether that would even be a good way to go about it.
From Into the Gloss:
"You just take a chunk of hair and back-comb about half of it up from the ends. Then, bleach everything that's backcombed, so when you brush it out again you don’t get the hard line of demarcation. It's so easy, I don’t even tone it or anything. I think for the girls, however, you do need to tone it so that it grows a little more beautiful, but for the boys it’s really great to bleach it and leave alone. Even if it’s a little yellow, it looks kind of cool—like school-bus blonde. Then I do the Christophe Robin purple mask, otherwise it just goes dull. "
That Cristophe Robin purple mask is $51. Necessary for an excellent blonde? Also, thinking about updating the entire color into a real blond (it was pre-bleached to go beige/pink) once I'm finished fixing these overgrown roots-- so maybe the Cristophe Robin would be good all over? Still debating over a cooler or warmer blond. Thoughts please!
I have some great level 2 roots growing out that I think I might finally be getting sick of. I previously had my hair bleached (twice on the same day) at a salon in Harajuku last summer. I'm not entirely sure what bleach they used, but I assume it works great on thick hair, being that it was in Japan. My hair turned out pretty well, my hair is not at all fine.
I do love the roots and I'm thinking about either bleaching them entirely or leaving a bit. Anyway, there's a lot of information out there and I want to know what the absolute best products and strength of bleach/toner/etc. would be for thick, resilient Mexican girl hair.
I also read about a backcombing technique on into the gloss to keep the roots? I want to make it look as natural as possible. I'm not entirely sure what they mean by painting the backcombed section or whether that would even be a good way to go about it.
From Into the Gloss:
"You just take a chunk of hair and back-comb about half of it up from the ends. Then, bleach everything that's backcombed, so when you brush it out again you don’t get the hard line of demarcation. It's so easy, I don’t even tone it or anything. I think for the girls, however, you do need to tone it so that it grows a little more beautiful, but for the boys it’s really great to bleach it and leave alone. Even if it’s a little yellow, it looks kind of cool—like school-bus blonde. Then I do the Christophe Robin purple mask, otherwise it just goes dull. "
That Cristophe Robin purple mask is $51. Necessary for an excellent blonde? Also, thinking about updating the entire color into a real blond (it was pre-bleached to go beige/pink) once I'm finished fixing these overgrown roots-- so maybe the Cristophe Robin would be good all over? Still debating over a cooler or warmer blond. Thoughts please!
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